Tinge
/tɪndʒ/noun
To give something a slight color, flavor, or quality; also a slight trace of something.
Did you know?Tinge comes from Latin tingere, meaning “to wet, dip, or dye,” the same ancient root that gave English tincture and even teal through a chain of color-changing history.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teng-
“to dip, soak, wet”
Latin
Latin
tingere
“to wet, dip, dye, stain”
Late Latin
Latin
tingere / tinctus
“to dye; dyed, colored”
Old French
Old French
teindre
“to dye, stain”
Middle English
English
tingen / tinge
“to color slightly; stain”
Modern English
English
tinge
“a slight degree of color, flavor, or quality”